A few months ago I blogged about our old looks towards the future with a nostalgic memory of when I had first seen those videos and impressed by their prescience. Today we look to the future. Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft’s business division gave a presentation last Friday, at the Wharton Business Development Conference, using stunning visual aides reminiscent of those old “The Road Ahead” videos. Here’s a compilation. At the end you’ll see links to 4 more videos covering: Banking, Manufacturing, Health, and Retail, specifically.
It really speaks of an ubiquitous integration of systems, all networked together, embedded even in places we wouldn’t even think of today. As computers keep growing smaller and cheaper, and internet connections become faster and more omnipresent, this future will come closer and closer. I’m really excited about the future that we’re looking forward to, and I’m even more excited that I’ll still be fairly young and able to participate in it.
